Joseph Mallord William Turner
Every age has its Star Boy — might as well be J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner, The Artists

Portrait of Joseph Mallord William Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner was an English artist born in 1775. Mallord William Turner contributed to the Romantic movement and died in 1851.

Self Portrait at age 16, Joseph Mallord William Turner

Self Portrait at age 16

Fishermen at Sea, Joseph Mallord William Turner

Fishermen at Sea

Self Portrait, Joseph Mallord William Turner

Self Portrait

Must toiling Man for ever meet disgrace, and eat his hard earn’d bread with heated face, and all his acts in dull Oblivion lay

On Labour, Creativity and Patriotism

Hannibal and his Men crossing the Alps, Neoclassicism

Hannibal and his Men crossing the Alps

Dido Building Carthage, Joseph Mallord William Turner

Dido Building Carthage

The Bass Rock, Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Bass Rock

The Bass Rock, Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Bass Rock

The Battle of Trafalgar, Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Battle of Trafalgar

Waterside Buildings, Joseph Mallord William Turner

Waterside Buildings

Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight, Joseph Mallord William Turner

Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight

A Packet Boat off Dover, Joseph Mallord William Turner

A Packet Boat off Dover

The Fighting Téméraire, Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Fighting Téméraire

The Slave Ship, Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Slave Ship

Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth, Joseph Mallord William Turner

Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth

The Dogano, San Giorgio, Citella, from the Steps of the Europa, Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Dogano, San Giorgio, Citella, from the Steps of the Europa

War. The Exile and the Rock Limpet, Joseph Mallord William Turner

War. The Exile and the Rock Limpet

Rain, Steam, and Speed - The Great Western Railway, Joseph Mallord William Turner

Rain, Steam, and Speed - The Great Western Railway

Gustave Doré, The Artists

Gustave Doré

Father of Horror, Father of Fantasy

Caspar David Friedrich, The Artists

Caspar David Friedrich

The quiet tragedy of the big big world

Peder Balke, The Artists

Peder Balke

Hard luck in the land of supernatural beauty

17011900

A phenom works himself to death

Anne-Louis Girodet

The quiet tragedy of the big big world

Caspar David Friedrich Joseph Mallord William Turner

Constance Mayer

Nature wins, every time

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